Based
on the true story of Benjamin
Mee (Matt Damon) buying a zoo to start a new life with his family. We
Bought a Zoo.

5 Good Things About This Film

The
acting. No stand outs, but it was good. This was not a reason for
the suckiness of the film. Actually I think that by a small bit Elle
Fanning stood out. After seeing her in Super
8,
this was different. From serious in Super
8 to
down right quirky in this film, Elle Fanning shows that she's got
range.

I liked this
line said by Benjamin Mee to his son, “You know, sometimes all you
need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty
seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something
great will come of it.” And I liked how they tied it in to telling
the entire story.

That line
connects to how the film ends and I like the story Benjamin tells
about meeting his wife. So wonderfully done. I wonder why the rest
of the film couldn't be that good.

There were a
few funny scenes, but that's all I remember was that they existed.

One of my
favorite moments was at the beginning when the son said pernicious.
That's because I use that as the name of a character in my book. I
laughed knowing that not too many people (in that theater and the
world) knows what that word means. Nor do they have to. I didn't
know what it meant before I searched for a word that would match
what the character was.